Hurley receives man of the year award from Pierre Chang, with slideshow

"Everybody Loves Hugo" opens with a slideshow of Hurley's accomplishments in the community, narrated by the familiar voice of Pierre Chang. During the slideshow, we see Hurley as baby (Jorge Garcia confirmed the third photo is him as a baby), the Mr. Cluck's locations around the world and Hurley's various philanthropy including children's homes, hospitals and more. There is also a photo of Hurley in a Humane Society shirt holding a Chihuahua (the dog is Jorge's dog Nunu).

Hurley is introduced by Pierre because he donated the money to open Hugo Reyes Palentology Wing at the Golden State Natural History Museum. As Hurley stands up after being introduced, he receives a standing ovation from the crowd, but his mother who is sitting next to him does not look pleased.

Outside, Hurley is holding his award, which is shaped like a Tyrannosaurus. His mother, Carmen, chastises him for not having a girlfriend and tells him that she has set up a date for him with Grandpa Tito's neighbor's daughter Rosalita. Hurley is skeptical, but goes along with it.

Hurley tells his mom the truth

Hurley's mom, Carmen Reyes, gets Hurley to tell her the truth about what happened after 815 crashed. After a long, crazy sounding explanation she actually believes him. The moment is similar to when Danielle Rousseau agrees with Hurley that the numbers are cursed in season 1 except Hurley isn't overjoyed. He is sorrowful about all the people who were left on the island.

The Oceanic 6 reunited with their families

Here's the Oceanic 6 (Jack, Kate, Aaron, Sun, Sayid, Hurley) about to land at Kalaeloa Airport to be reunited with their families. Oceanic public relations representative Karen Decker lets them know that they're about to land and that they do not have to talk to the press if they don't want to. Jack says that they will talk to the press and they've all agreed to do so. When she leaves, he says, "we all know the story" and "if we get any question we don't want to answer or we can't answer, let's just keep our mouths shut."

When they land at the Coast Guard Air Station, Barbers Point Hurley's parents (Carmen and David Reyes), Jack's mom (Margo Shephard) and Sun's parents (Mr. and Mrs. Paik) are waiting for them. There's a lovely reunion and Hurley introduces his parents to Sayid. No one was waiting for Kate.

In the first show, you can see another person in the plane besides the six and Karen Decker. He/she appears to be a member of the Coast Guard. Why are the six comfortable talking about their cover story in front of this person?